US 11,740,581 B2
Elastic member, cleaning device, and image forming apparatus
Junji Murauchi, Toyokawa (JP); and Ken Nakano, Yokohama (JP)
Assigned to KONICA MINOLTA, INC., Tokyo (JP)
Filed by Konica Minolta, Inc., Tokyo (JP)
Filed on May 6, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/662,337.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-086138 (JP), filed on May 21, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0373958 A1, Nov. 24, 2022
Int. Cl. G03G 21/00 (2006.01); G03G 15/08 (2006.01)
CPC G03G 21/0011 (2013.01) [G03G 15/0812 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An elastic member that comes into contact with a moving body that moves in a predetermined moving direction to scrape off a deposit on the moving body, the elastic member comprising:
a stress reducer that is provided at a contact end on a side to be in contact with the moving body and reduces vibration of internal stress generated due to contact between the moving body and the elastic member,
wherein the stress reducer extends in a direction that is not perpendicular to the moving direction when the elastic member comes in contact with the moving body,
an angle formed by the stress reducer and the moving direction is in a range of 10° to 80°, and
the elastic member includes a portion contacting the moving body and a surface opposite to the portion contacting the moving body, and the stress reducer is provided on the surface opposite to the portion contacting the moving body.